The longer I stay on Facebook the more annoyed I seem to get at it. It starts from the pathetic adverts which, when read downwards, seem to act as a sort of “life list”. Today Facebook is telling me that I should get a girlfriend, play poker and then pre-order the new AC/DC Iron Man album. I dread to think how many accumulated hours have been wasted by the 350 million users Facebook now has. The... 

It was known as the Digital Economy Bill in the real world, #debill (now known as #deact!) on Twitter but from the 8th April 2010 bill became Act. If there were ever an example of parliament not listening then watching the progress of the Digital Economy Bill pass through the House of Lords, House of Commons, to then be granted Royal Assent has to be the pinnacle. The Bill has received much attention... 

Let us ponder upon a situation which you would not want to find yourself involved. Most of us at the University have witnesses what it is like living in halls. Some of the best and worst times of my life happened in those tall polystyrene buildings. Of course I didn’t realise it at the time, only in hindsight could I see I was lucky. Moving into houses should have beaten the halls experience. Fair...